Should we have moved BYU to #1?
It's a very legitimate question, and maybe if we didn't have a bunch of other big games coming up for various teams we might have. But of course BYU did lose to Lindenwood. So the net question is ...
Should we have moved Lindenwood to #1?
Yes, maybe. They did win a game (actually a couple of games) in impressive fashion over the weekend. But we've going to wait a little bit, maybe just a week, but we want to see at least one more game this winter/spring from the Lions.
Arizona loses a game and moves up. OK, so this is one of those things where we have a set idea of where a team is, that being Central Washington, and we base everything off that. So two wins over top Canadian teams, and a close loss to another, and we feel like we're happy with CWU's #7 ranking. So they squeeze by Arizona 19-17 it seems right to have those two teams right next to each other. We could have moved CWU down but that seems a bit mean-spirited.
Lindenwood Shuts Out UMW in the Tennessee Rain
CWU Just Barely Holds Off Arizona
So Arizona moves up and Arkansas State fans, we're sure, will say "ASU won by over 100 and they move down. Say it ain't so!" It is so. In fact, 100-point wins tell us almost nothing.
Interestingly, the answer to Lindenwood #1? and Arkansas State got screwed? is the same ... Lindenwood at Arkansas State next week.
We also pondered moving Cal Poly ahead of Grand Canyon but seeing as GCU plays Cal next week and Cal Poly plays Central Washington we might have more info to deal with that, too.
